Big Ass Announcement

It's time to "Run the Numbers"

Hide yo kids, hide yo wife, and hide yo husband cuz someone gave the Metrics Man a podcast.

I had no choice, guys, my dog is addicted to premium ice cream and these day care bills are getting egregious.

The startup podcast space is dominated by VCs. And I love VC podcasts. But they are often “too VC” for what I (and many of you) do day to day; rich on theory, light on reality.

“Grow 10x, but do it efficiently.” Alrite my guy, you try to make the trains run on time.

So in an effort to carve out a space for the operator’s voice, the “Run the Numbers” podcast is born:

(Links to Spotify and Apple)

This pod is for operators, asking other high-flying operators questions that an operator would want to know to get better at operating. 

It’s a shortcut on all the questions I’ve had to google over the years and couldn’t find answers to – but instead, on this show, I can phone a friend – and you, dope readers, get to listen in. But honestly, it’s really my way to make being a fan of business cool. While I’ll riff on topics from this fine newsletter, this pod will go further, digging into the stories and frameworks and actual thinking behind the spreadsheets and decks. 

And fret not - we are legit AF. In fact, we got Netsuite (the gold standard for accounting infrastructure) to pony up and sponsor the pod. We are in the process of looking for a second sponsor right now, so if you’d like to be in elite ass company, and reach copious amounts of CFOs, hit my bat phone:

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Sponsor warning: The pod will, indeed, include references to early 2000’s Dipset bangers

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I would never be able to do this if it were not for the fine people at Turpentine. Because I, a man who still thinks khakis are kinda cool on certain occasions, knows nothing about producing a podcast. I just show up and they will attempt to turn my crazy business ramblings into tasty audio nuggets. And I’m appreciative (and frankly confused) why someone like the Great Erik Torenberg would take a shot on someone like me, who once transferred $10 million dollars to the wrong person’s bank account (Note: My producer Nancy (wtf I have a producer?) said I should now insert a call to action to: “Tune into Run the Numbers to learn more! Subscribe, rate, and review, and put us in all the Group Chats!”)

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Could this suck? Absolutely! But I’m in the arena trying stuff. Some will work, some will not. But always learning.

What I can promise is, win or lose, I’ll be unapologetically me - a fan of business; obsessed with how things make money; a finance person with more than a wet cardboard box for a personality.

And I mean, yea, that’s kinda sorta my competitive moat. You can’t out-me, me.

Plus, I promise I’ll never try to sell you an NFT or one of those mattresses that come in the mail (unless eight sleep backs up the Brinks truck; then all bets are off).

So who’s on tap? Who’s going to Run the Numbers with yours truly?

So far we have a murderers row lined up for you, including the CFOs and execs of:

• Brex (Episode 1!)

• Vendr

• UiPath

• Carta

• Vanta

• Public.com

• Webflow

• You? (Respond back to this email if you are a CFO of a brand name company with something wicked cool to say or if there’s someone you’re dying to hear from)

Oh, and if anyone knows our CFO Lord and Savior, Stripe’s Stefan Tomlinson, let’s get him on the pod! We’re best friends; he just doesn’t know it yet!

(Note: Whenever faced with a tough decision, I simply ask, “What would Stefan do?”)

So yes please listen. Please give it a try… because, in the words of my hero Anand Sanwal “I owe people money.”

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